IT’S PICNIC TIME for The Original Lafayette Senior Recreation Center members and guests as they join with neighboring Moraga Seniors for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Hacienda de las Flores, 2100 Donald Dr., Moraga.

Bingo lunch is on the fourth Thursday — Sept. 27 — at noon in the Fireside Room of the United Methodist Church, 955 Moraga Road, Lafayette. No reservations are necessary for the $2 drop-in lunch of chicken and tuna sandwiches, garden salad, cookies, ice cream, tea or coffee. Non-members pay $3. Bingo cards are 50 cents each. August bingo triple winner was Sherry Gong. Double winners were Rudi Derby and Tony Gong. Rose Taliaferro, Esther Sprunger and Hazel Morrison each won single games. Bingo is preceded at 11 a.m. by “Yoga for beginning seniors.” It is recommended that those wishing to participate wear comfortable clothing and bring a beach towel.

Those participating in the Sept. 18 trip to the yoga retreat above the South Fork of the Yuba River will meet in the south parking lot of Carol Lane Lutheran Church at 8 a.m.

The bus for the Oct. 7 “fleet week” cruise will depart at 11 a.m. from Moraga only. Thunder Valley Casino will welcome our seniors Oct. 18 with a bonus of a $10 game coupon and $5 food credit for only $38 per person. High Hill Ranch beckons for a Nov. 12 tour of Apple Hill: Barbecue chicken lunch served with salad, roll, beverage and pie a la mode and tasting of some of the best apple fritters you have ever eaten for $62. The Dec. 9 treat is a Lunchtime Cabaret with Up Town Singers — Christmas Show — with hosted lunch and performance at Le Joulin’s Jazz Bistro in San Francisco for $86 per person. To sign up or for more information, call Dottie Baker at (925) 254-3271.

For a suggested $1 donation, Lafayette Senior Services in the Community Center at 500 St. Marys Road offers a Sept. 11 program from 10:30 a.m. to noon on “Saving Senior Eyesight” by Dr. Bob Nozik, professor emeritus from the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California Medical Center. Nozik also is a leader of the Diablo Valley Happiness Club which, on Sept. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, continues its monthly exploration of the notion of ideal versus ordinary happiness.

Visit the Piano Jazz Cafe at the Community Center featuring members of the Contra Costa Performing Arts Society on Sept. 28 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Since space is limited, it is best to signup early by phoning 283-5050.

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